The Word or the Wind

“They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind… I have written to him the great things of My Law, but they were counted as a strange thing” (Hosea 8:7,12).  “Jesus… lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father… keep them from the evil… Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy Word is truth” (John 17:1-17). 

The Word of God can weather waves

That stormy winds have greatly stirred,
By showing us the Lord who saves
And sanctifies us by His Word. 

We sow the Word of the God and reap

The fruit He causes to abound,
But those who sow the wind shall weep
For the destruction they have found.

The Lord extends His Word so great

With promises He won’t rescind,
Yet some will spurn His Word they hate,
And they shall reap the whirlwind.

How sadly many yet despise

And count His Word a strange intrusion! 
As they profess that they are wise,
They do so to their own confusion.

Our Savior prayed before He died

That we would thus be kept from sin,
As by His Word we’re sanctified,
Not of this world we are in. 

How clearly, then, our Lord has shown

We need His counsel every day! 
We do not live by bread alone,
But by each word that God will say.

Lord, thank You for Your words You’ve given

Which shall not pass when kingdoms fall.
All else, as chaff, shall soon be driven
By winds of time that You will call.

O Lord, it is Your voice we hear

When rushing winds are told to cease!
There is no sound we hold so dear
As words You speak that give us peace.

The winds continue, Lord, You know,

To threaten souls without Your grace.
As stewards of Your Word we show
That there’s in You a Hiding Place.